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    • AI chatbots could direct user behaviour on whether to take a loan or not, says KreditBee CEO Madhusudan

      KreditBee secures $280 million funding at a $1.5 billion valuation, citing growth, profitability, and strong risk management that impressed investors

    • Fintech lender KreditBee enters unicorn club with $280 million pre-IPO funding at $1.5 billion valuation

      The company’s profitability and strong risk management through multiple business cycles, have been rewarded by its investors, co-founder and CEO Madhusudan E told Moneycontrol

    • Noon raises $44 million from Chemistry, First Round Capital, Elevation Capital and others

      Startup bets on code-native design tools as AI accelerates software development

    • OPINION | Jammu & Kashmir startups soar with women leading growth

      J&K’s startups grew 1,793%. Growth was driven by policy support, institutional backing, and more women entrepreneurs, but challenges like funding, infrastructure, and market access still remain 

    • Swiggy investor relations head Abhishek Agarwal quits

      Agarwal's replacement has yet to be identified, sources told Moneycontrol. Swiggy's share price is down over 37% since listing in November 2024 and now has a market capitalisation of Rs 74,128 crore ($7.9 billion).

    • Credit-card spending cools to 11% in FY26 amid regulatory clampdown, tighter issuance

      Tighter rent payment norms, banks devaluing rewards structures and a shift towards UPI weighed on credit card spending

    • School dropout with six-figure salary at OpenAI shares strategy to get hired in Silicon Valley

      Gabriel Petersson said his hiring strategy revolved around refusing to compete with Ivy League graduates on academic pedigree. Instead, he focused on producing work that showed he could already do the job.

    • China restricts founders from leaving country after selling AI startup to Meta for $2 billion

      Chinese regulators are examining whether AI startup Manus attempted to 'wash its models — a term used to describe Chinese‑developed AI systems being rebranded or relocated overseas to avoid domestic controls and export restrictions.

    • OPINION | Indian AI founders scaling globally through US market access

      Indian AI founders are building in the US for scale and demand. Talent remains in India. This trend strengthens global reach and future growth for India

    • Bengaluru: BMTC, mobility startup Chalo pilot dynamic QR-based UPI ticketing through ETMs

      Moneycontrol had earlier reported that BMTC awarded the contract to Mumbai-based Chalo to supply and maintain smart electronic ticketing machines at a cost of around Rs 30 crore for four years

    • Bengaluru AI founder says quitting Rs 1 lakh/month Yahoo job in 2007 was 'best' choice: Manager called me stupid

      Arjun Jain called his Yahoo job that offered Rs 1 lakh per month and stock options, 'golden handcuffs every middle-class kid dreams of'. He, however, was 'suffocating'.

    • Optimo raises Rs 100 crore from PNB, partners with Godrej Finance for co-lending

      Optimo currently manages over Rs 430 crore in assets under management (AUM), while maintaining gross Non Performing Assets below 0.7 percent

    • OPINION | The ‘Repeat Founder’ advantage and what data actually says 

      While repeat founders have demonstrated more success in the past, new technology balances this bias out more than ever

    • CoinSwitch launches crypto custody solution DigiVault for HNIs, institutions, family offices

      DigiVault supports over 1,000 digital assets across 120 plus blockchains, co-founder Ashish Singhal has told Moneycontrol. The product’s pricing will be customisable, aimed at institutional customer holdings of at least $10,000 or over Rs 10 lakh

    • 'People who work behind...': Bengaluru startup founder highlights emotional side of employee appraisals

      Bengaluru startup founder Raj Vikramaditya shared a post showing how an employee’s appraisal brought joy not just to him, but also to his family, earning praise on X.

    • Paytm to resume delivery of physical gold next month for its digital gold investors

      The mobile payments firm, which had paused physical gold redemption last August, is rolling out revamped infrastructure to enable delivery across more than 12,000 pin codes starting mid-April

    • Why digital gold savings startup Jar is under Karnataka police scanner

      The Karnataka CID is probing Jar Gold Retail Pvt Ltd under the BUDS Act, following regulatory alerts and a police FIR alleging that the platform collected money from public through an unregulated scheme.

    • Blue wave added to cart: India’s T20 World Cup run fuels online jersey rush

      While demand for the team jersey was the highest, caps, sunglasses and other accessories also rode the blue wave

    • IN-SPACe invites space startups to develop AI solutions for satellites, launch operations

      The space regulator is looking for AI tools ranging from onboard satellite intelligence and debris avoidance to crop forecasting and AI-driven spacecraft design

    • Bengaluru’s BMTC awards smart ticketing machine contract to mobility startup Chalo

      Mumbai-based Chalo will supply and maintain smart electronic ticketing machines and a digital ticketing system for BMTC buses under a four-year contract worth around Rs 30 crore.

    • Bengaluru IT startup lays off 40% staff in a day, netizens say: ‘Absurd salaries are real reason’

      A viral post claimed that a Bengaluru based IT startup laid off 40 percent of its workforce in a single day, affecting even high earning employees. The incident sparked widespread discussion online about growing uncertainty in India’s tech job market.

    • BillDesk acquires Worldline's India business for Rs 650 crore

      The acquisition comes three years after PayU terminated a $4.7 billion deal to acquire BillDesk

    • Wishlink raises $17.5 million in Series B funding led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia, India

      The funding will be used to scale creator and brand partnerships and build technology across consumers, creators, and brands.

    • From viral reels to registered firms: How Sebi rules are resetting India’s finfluencer economy

      Some finance influencers have opted to pivot — not away from content, but into businesses that can legally monetise the trust they’ve built, like Shashank Udupa, who has launched Vayu Capital, or Sharan Hegde's The 1% Club, one of the first finfluencer-led platforms to secure a Registered Investment Adviser (RIA) licence.

    • The Hedgehog and the Unicorn: Why old-school moats beat modern growth hacks

      The meltdown of India's startup darlings proves that capital is not a moat—a lesson the gritty entrepreneurs of the License Raj understood all too well

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